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"but not against big corporations" Because that's literally not their mission: https://ij.org/about-us/ https://ij.org/about-us/ "Our mission is to end widesp

"but not against big corporations" Because that's literally not their mission: https://ij.org/about-us/ https://ij.org/about-us/ "Our mission is to end widespread abuses of government power ..." "IJ is the national civil liberties law firm that represents everyday people—free of charge—when the government violates their most important constitutional rights. ..." The fact that they choose to deal with government abuse of power and not corporate abuse of power seems totally reasonable and unrelated to left or right or whatever. I would not call them right wing simply because they have chosen to focus - all successful non-profit civil liberties law firms do this. Anything else is insane/impossible. I'm not sure why you are choosing to paint them with a left or right brush here, when it seems mainly complaining that their mission doesn't match what you seem to want. Most of the civil rights orgs that spend time dealing with corporate abuse of power either ignore or don't take government abuse of power cases. I don't think that classifies them as "left wing" or "right wing" either. It's just pragmatic for what they can accomplish.

metabagel 2y ago
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- jay-barronville 2y ago
  > Freedom from having to go to school with non-white children (that's the root of the school choice dog whistle). That’s such a bizarre take. You don’t think non-white parents want school choice too? I’m black and I believe in school choice. My wife is an academic in the field of education and a former teacher, and she also believes in school choice (her perspective on this topic is very nuanced though). Growing up in the inner cities, I watched black parents, including my own, do just about everything possible (e.g., use the address of a family member who lives in a better area, ask their boss to allow the use of their address, get a short-term roommate arrangement in a better area, etc.) to try to get their children into better schools than the objectively terrible public schools we had in our neighborhoods. If anything, my very own upbringing and experience is the biggest reason I have to support school choice. Why turn this into a divisive white versus the others narrative instead of working to have a good-faith understanding of the issue? How does that help anything?
- DannyBee 2y ago
  “I don't think that's really the case.“ Evidence? I’ve interned at a larger one and learned a lot about the others along the way. So I’m basing this on experience. What are you basing this on?

metabagel 2y ago

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jay-barronville 2y ago
> Freedom from having to go to school with non-white children (that's the root of the school choice dog whistle). That’s such a bizarre take. You don’t think non-white parents want school choice too? I’m black and I believe in school choice. My wife is an academic in the field of education and a former teacher, and she also believes in school choice (her perspective on this topic is very nuanced though). Growing up in the inner cities, I watched black parents, including my own, do just about everything possible (e.g., use the address of a family member who lives in a better area, ask their boss to allow the use of their address, get a short-term roommate arrangement in a better area, etc.) to try to get their children into better schools than the objectively terrible public schools we had in our neighborhoods. If anything, my very own upbringing and experience is the biggest reason I have to support school choice. Why turn this into a divisive white versus the others narrative instead of working to have a good-faith understanding of the issue? How does that help anything?
DannyBee 2y ago
“I don't think that's really the case.“ Evidence? I’ve interned at a larger one and learned a lot about the others along the way. So I’m basing this on experience. What are you basing this on?